2018年矿产商品摘要(2018)mcs2018(2018)

2017年，美国非燃料矿产总产值估计为752亿美元，比2016年修订后的708亿美元增长6%。金属生产的估计价值增加了12%，达到263亿美元。价格上涨导致一些金属商品价值增长超过35%（钴、镁金属和钯）。尽管如此，美国一些金属矿山和加工设施在2017年仍然闲置，包括印第安纳州、密苏里州和华盛顿的三家一级铝冶炼厂；犹他州的一家海绵钛工厂；犹他州的一家副产品钒生产工厂。然而，分别于2016年底和2017年在内华达州和南卡罗来纳州开设了新的金矿，密歇根州和明尼苏达州的铁矿重启或全年运营。工业矿产总产值489亿美元，比2016年增长3%。其中，230亿美元是骨料生产（建筑用砂、砾石和碎石）。石油和天然气钻探活动的增加导致一些工业矿物商品的产量增加。建筑活动的有限增长导致一些工业矿物的生产，特别是用于基础设施和住宅建设的矿物，在2017年基本保持不变。

In 2017, the estimated value of total nonfuel mineral production in the United States was $75.2 billion, a 6% increase from the revised total of $70.8 billion in 2016. The estimated value of metals production increased 12% to $26.3 billion. Higher prices contributed to some metal commodity values increasing more than 35% (cobalt, magnesium metal, and palladium). Despite this increase, some U.S. metal mines and processing facilities remained idle in 2017, including three primary aluminum smelters in Indiana, Missouri, and Washington; a titanium sponge facility in Utah; and a byproduct vanadium production facility in Utah. However, new gold mines opened in late 2016 and 2017 in Nevada and South Carolina, respectively, and iron ore mines in Michigan and Minnesota restarted or operated for the full year. The total value of industrial minerals production was $48.9 billion, a 3% increase from that of 2016. Of this total, $23 billion was aggregates production (construction sand and gravel and crushed stone). Increased oil and natural gas drilling activity resulted in increased production of some industrial mineral commodities. Limited growth in construction activity resulted in the production of some industrial minerals, especially those used in infrastructure and residential construction, to remain essentially unchanged in 2017.